Eval_Commercial_Item_Past_Performance_Waived.docx

52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items The Government will award a contract resulting from this Request for Quote to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

· First, the Government will rank proposals from lowest to highest Total Evaluated Price (TEP).

· Next, the Government will evaluate the technical volume on acceptable/unacceptable basis, starting with the proposal with the lowest TEP.

· If the proposal is technically acceptable, evaluated price and if complete and reasonable, proposal represents the vest value and award will be made.

· If the lowest priced proposal is not technically acceptable, the Government will consider the correction potential and may enter into interchanges with that Offeror.

· If after the interchanges with that offeror, the proposal is technically acceptable and remains the lowest priced (complete and reasonable), award will be made.

· If the Government deems the proposal is not easily correctable or if at any time it becomes other than the lowest priced proposal, the next lowest priced proposal will be evaluated for technical acceptability, followed by a TEP analysis. Interchanges will take place as necessary or deemed appropriate by the Government.

· The evaluation process will continue until reaching a technically acceptable proposal with a complete and reasonable TEP, or until all proposals are evaluated.

· The Government may conduct interchanges either orally or in writing, and may issue interchanges to one, some, none or all Offerors.

· Proposal revision may be submitted only in response to Government interchanges and comments to the Offeror’s proposal. If revisions are submitted, the Offeror shall ensure changes are easily identifiable with tracked changes and sidebar markings of those sections that are changed from the original submission.

The Offeror is reminded that the Government reserves the right to award this effort based on the initial proposal, as received, without further contact. If during the evaluation period, it is determine to be in the best interest of the Government to conduct interchanges with an Offeror, the Offeror will be notified by the CO. The purpose of the interchange may be to correct minor errors, address technical deficiencies or gain an understanding of aspects of a proposal. The Government may conduct interchanges either orally or in writing, and may issue interchanges to one, some, none, or all Offerors. The Government may consider the correction potential of proposals in determining the content and extend of interchanges and Offerors with whom question will be conducted.

Proposal revision may be submitted only in response to Government interchanges and comments to the Offeror’s proposal. If revisions are submitted, the Offeror shall ensure changes are easily identifiable with tracked changes and sidebar markings of those sections that are changed from the original submission.

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